Fond Memories of Nepal

I absolutely loved my time in Nepal. I went into volunteering with Trek to Teach with very little classroom teaching experience and zero Nepali, so to be honest I was learning just as much as my students were. It was exciting to be pushed so far out of my comfort zone, and in the end my time spent in Nepal was incredibly rewarding.

The classroom experience in Chhomrong was nothing like what I was used to in the States, but I noticed that being a kid is a universal experience. All the students loved to play games and had a competitive spirit. The national curriculum for learning English seemed to be based a lot around repeating phrases over and over, and the students were sometimes bored with learning this way. My approach to teaching involved lots of games and a lot of art projects as well. At such a young age (6-10 years old), I believe the best strategy for language acquisition is through an immersive environment, which is something that Trek to Teach can provide through sending teachers fluent in English to rural villages.